Chief Dan George

Chief Dan George

Active - 1969 - 1980  |   Birth - Jul 24, 1899  |   Death - Sep 23, 1981  |   Genres - Action-Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Western, Family | Subgenres - Western Film, Comedy Drama, Musical, Anti-War, Historical Film

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Chief Dan George, OC was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band whose Indian reserve is located on Burrard Inlet in the southeast area of the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was also an actor, musician, poet and author; his best-known written work was "My Heart Soars". As an actor, he is best remembered for portraying Old Lodge Skins opposite Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man (1970), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; also for his role in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), as Lone Watie, opposite Clint Eastwood.

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